An American Benedictine Armorial: Part Two

14. St. Meinrad's Archabbey, St. Meinrad, Indiana. Arms: Azure, a ship
with one sail argent, the mast terminating in a cross, the sail charged
with the Greek letters Chi Rho sable, resting on a sea barry wavy of
six argent and azure; on a chief or two eagles rising to dexter sable.

15. New Subiaco Abbey, Subiaco, Arkansas. Arms: Or, two eagles flying
in pale sable, each charged with a roundel or charged with four annulets
conjoined sable, a bordure engrailed also sable. A variation of the arms
of Einsiedeln.

16. St. Joseph's Abbey, St. Benedict, Louisiana. Arms: Azure, a cross
throughout or between four lilies slipped argent, on a roundel or at
the fess point a raven sable.

17. Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, South Dakota. Arms: Parted per fess: 1.
Azure, an antique crown above two snowflakes, in base a bordure nebulée
all argent; 2. Or, two eagles flying in pale sable. The eagles are drawn
as they would be represented by an Indian artist.

21. St. Pius X Priory, Pevely, Missouri. Arms: Azure, in base a sea
barry wavy argent and azure, over all in pale an anchor surmounted by
a mullet or, in chief two crosses moline argent. These arms are based
upon those of Pope Saint Pius X.

22. Priory of St. Gregory the Great, Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Arms:
Parted per chevron sable and argent, two lions rampant affrontée
counterchanged supporting in chief a roundel argent charged with a cross
throughout or. These arms are a variation of those attributed to St.
Gregory the Great.

23. St. Anselm's Priory, Washington, D. C. Arms: Argent, on a cross
sable between twelve drops of blood a crescent of the field; a bordure
engrailed gules. [St. Anselm's has been elevated to the status of an
abbey. R.O.]

24. St. Louis Priory, Crevecoeur, Missouri. Arms: Per fess dancettée
or and azure, a chief parted per pale, dexter, Gules, a rose argent,
sinister, Azure, three fleurs-de-lis, two and one, or. These arms are
a variation of those of Ampleforth Abbey Yorkshire, England, the mother
house. The white rose is the badge of the House of York, the fleurs-de-lis
are from the arms of St. Louis, King of France. [St. Louis has been elevated
to the status of an abbey. R.O.]

INDEPENDENT and OTHER CONGREGATIONS

25. Mount Saviour Priory, Elmira, New York (Joined to American-Cassinese
Congregation, 2004). Arms: Azure, the sacred monogram, Chi Rho,
between the Greek letters Alpha and Omega, in base a tremont all gold.

26. Mount Angel Abbey,
St. Benedict, Oregon. Arms: Or, rising from a terrage in base vert a
tremont sable surmounted by a patriarchal cross gules, behind the tremont
three barrulets gules. (impaled with the arms of the Abbey of Engelberg).

Notes:
The arms of St. Benedict's Abbey, Benet Lake, Mount Angel Abbey, Mount Saviour
Priory, St. Louis Priory, and St. Pius X Priory were designed by the author.
This article originally appeared in Liturgical Arts 31:1 (November
1962) 10-11.
The arms of the Order of Saint Benedict (Vert [often azure], a tremont [vert]
in base supporting a patriarchal cross or, over all in fess the word PAX
also gold) adorn the head of this article.

Some of the Priories mentioned
in this article have been raised to the rank of Abbey. St. Pius X Priory
and Holy Cross Abbey have been dissolved. R.O.]